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Old 01-17-2012, 06:48 PM
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Low Budget Dashpad Repair w/pics

I noticed a small crack in my Dashpad this morning, gave it a light tap with my finger and it just caved in to make a nice size hole.
My wife has lots of art supplies, even some peel off sticky tape with holes in it that looked close to the same pattern at the speaker grill holes in the dashpad. She colored it to match and stuck it on.

Of course it is far from the original new look but better then the ugly hole I made with my finger this morning.
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Old 01-17-2012, 09:00 PM
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I personally like that idea.

If the mesh was lined up with the holes better you wouldn't be able to tell in that second pic that anything happened.
 
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Old 01-17-2012, 11:28 PM
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clever fix. Props for being resourceful.
 
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I missed seeing this last night but just now added it to the sticky.
 
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very clever idea, wished I thought of that instead of covering my entire dash in red fabric. My hole is the size of a golf ball and in other areas, looks like the previous owner's wife got drunk and carved her name (looked like amy?) just above the glove box.



wish I had covered it in camo to match the seats, but thats all I could afford
 

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my dash pretty much turned to dust in that area.
 
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Old 02-16-2012, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 81-F-150-Explorer
If the mesh was lined up with the holes better you wouldn't be able to tell in that second pic that anything happened.
The hole spacing is off, so that's not possible. Too bad. Still, a good looking patch/fix.
 
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